Guess who made this month's Playboy Magazine? (not just Marge Simpson)
This was the first time I regretted allowing my Playboy subscription to expire.
This was also the first time I opened an issue of Playboy without first viewing the centerfold.
But this also happened to be the first time my blog was mentioned in a Playboy article.
However, the fact that Marge Simpson is the centerfold in the November issue of Playboy did not make it too hard to bypass.
Nevertheless, the Marge Simpson issue is considered a collector’s edition because it is the first time in its 56-year history Playboy has featured a cartoon character on its cover.
I imagine they will try anything to generate sales because I discovered that hardly anybody in town actually carries the magazine anymore.
I finally purchased a copy at Barnes and Nobles where it arrived more than a week after it was supposed to hit the newsstands and more than a week after several of my Facebook friends who subscribe to Playboy congratulated me on the article.
Judging by the number of times I stopped by Barnes and Nobles inquiring about the issue that week, those employees probably think I’m a huge Marge Simpson fan.
Right now, I’m more of a Tim Mohr fan, who wrote the article titled “No Photos Allowed: Who Will Protect Us From the Protectors?”
In a double-page spread, Mohr addresses the issue I’ve been addressing for more than two years, discussing many of the cases I’ve written about on this blog.
In fact, he used my blog as the basis for his article, according to the Playboy employee who contacted me about buying the rights to my trademark banner photo a couple of months ago. Yes, I also made a few hundred bucks off the photo.
So it is a pretty significant milestone for this blog, which has also been mentioned in the New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times, Fox News and several local newspapers.
Here is the scanned copy of the article. It’s is in high resolution so you can enlarge it to 200 percent and still be able to read it clearly. And it is safe for viewing at work.
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Comments
Bill from Random Pixels will go into full-on possessed demon from The Exorcist mode when he sees this. Green Pea soup and everything… I can hear it now, “he’s getting credit for those stories and he didn’t even originate them”!
Congrats Carlos! One of my biggest pet peeves are people who, after some tragedy, say “well, everything happens for a reason”. That saying provides no solace and understanding for anyone but the person saying it.
Perhaps more accurately, it should be said everything CAN happen for a reason. It is up to you to find meaning and purpose from the shitty things in life that inevitably come our way. I’m proud of you Carlos because you’ve done exactly that. You’ve taken that experience and used to to fight for the freedoms of others.
I’d like to think that some of that cosmic karma is coming back your way now for keeping the faith.
Congratulations.
It’s been several years since I bought a Playboy. I might go looking for this one (and not for the cartoons! –er, pictures!)
Great Job Carlos. Making this issue mainstream is great.
Congrats carlos.
it’s awesome to see those cops faces sprawled across a playboy magazine. guilty or not…you won that battle.
you should purchase copies for all three of those cops
@discarted
So very true i bet they all read PlayBoy anyway
GO CARLOS congrats on Another step up in the media world lets see those who call you a UNACREDITED journalist now that your in Playboy
YAY
Congrats Carlos! Great vindication from the public and journalistic world even if the justice system provides anything but justice.
I think a couple of things got deleted from the article.
Carlos’ Turn-ons… a great shot, a great camera, and standing up for our rights.
Carlos’ Turn-offs… Hassled by the police for photographing, small minded judges who don’t know or care about the Bill of Rights, and police tasers up the rear.
Grats Carlos (love Bill’s stuff)
Now the real work begins
congrats! it’s great to see more and more mainstream media picking up on this. I just wish the playboy article included a link to your site.
Wow!! Major props, Carlos! Due diligence always pays off, imo.
That cops, in general, will be seeing this article at all is a *major* step forward. Especially the ones that “read Playboy for the articles.”
And who cares what Random Fuckface thinks?
Carlos’s effort to build out his blog is proof positive that aggregating articles on a topic of current interest, and adding editorial commentary, can yield highly relevant journalistic value.
Bravo.
First and foremost Congratulations.
Question for you however; is it kosher to scan and make available the article?
What? Playboy has articles? I guess my generation just uses ‘teh internets’.
I bet those cops will be happy to have their pictures in Playboy.
Congratulations on the inclusion in a great article. I just got done reading it. My only with is that Playboy would catch up to the 21st century and post it online before next month. A link on Twitter to something like this might get them some new subscribers!
I’m a photojournalist and your site is a great service in an ongoing fight to police the police. I recommend to any writers or photogs still in school, take a Media Ethics and Law class. It comes in handy.
So awesome!
Glad people are learning about your blog and the cause.
Screw playboy i’m pissed!!!!!!!!!!
I got my Nov issue and some chick named Alina Puscau was on it! Not Marge.
I called and playboy only to find out they decieded to reward thier loyal customers with subscriptions by NOT giving us the Marge cover.
Now if i want this cover i have to go out and buy it- even though I already have the entire content in this mailed issue. They claim it’s a special issue – WHAT with just a different cover????thats crap!
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